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Mary Picard practices employee pensions and benefits law as a member of the employment and labour law group in Dentons’ Toronto office.

Mary has practiced pensions and benefits law for more than 30 years. She is a well-known and respected advisor of Canadian pension plan sponsors, and has been consulted by federal and provincial governments for policy advice on changes to pension law. She has assisted large and small employers, in the private and public sectors, in their dealings with various players in the pension arena including pension regulators, unions, consulting firms, trustees, actuaries and auditors. Mary has extensive experience with difficult pension issues in insolvencies, restructurings, financings, and all types of corporate transactions.

Mary is recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada as one of Canada’s leading lawyers in the area of Employee Benefits Law. She is also recognized by Chambers Global in the area of Pensions and Employee Benefits and by Legal 500 Canada in the area of Labor and Employment. She publishes extensively on the topic of pensions and benefits and is a frequent lecturer on pension and employee benefit issues.

Experience

Enbridge Inc.: Advising in relation to the announced CA$1.075 billion sale of its South Prairie Region Assets to Tundra Energy Marketing Limited, with closing expected to occur in late 2016, subject to regulatory approvals.

PepsiCo Canada: Advising on a variety of pension and employee benefits matters,including providing ongoing advice with respect to the day-to-day administration of its pension plans.

Kraft Heinz Canada ULC: Acting as Canadian pension counsel.

Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (Government of Canada): Advising this arm of the federal government on administration, trust, custodial and investment management issues relating to registered pension plans.

Canadian multinational food and beverage corporation: Establishing and participating in the governance of billions of dollars of pension assets in several pension plans.

Large corporation: Assisting to defend a large claim by a union and pension regulator regarding a pension calculation issue.

Large corporations: Acting as counsel for a committee of executives who are responsible for monitoring the investments of hundreds of millions of dollars in pension assets, who need advice on their potential personal liability.

Recognition

Recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada as one of Canada’s leading lawyers in the area of Employee Benefits Law (2010–2017)

Repeatedly recommended by The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (2015, 2016) as one of Canada's leading lawyers in the area of Pensions & Employee Benefits

Recognized by Chambers Canada as a leading lawyer in the area of Pensions & Benefits (2016,2017)

Recognized by The Legal 500 Canada in the area of Labour and Employment (2015, 2016)

Recognized by Chambers Global as a leading lawyer in the area of Pensions & Benefits (Canada) (2013–2015)

Martindale-Hubbell BV Distinguished Peer Review Rating.

Appointed to the Ontario Government Advisory Council of Pensions and Retirement Income.

Pension Litigation & Governance: Legal Developments Concerning Multi-Employer Pension Plans (“MEPPs” and “SMEPPs”), presented at the Canadian Institute’s Western Canadian Forum in Calgary, May 16 and 17, 2007

Speaker at many pension seminars, including several sponsored by the Law Society of Upper Canada and Osgoode Hall

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